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Meaning of SPECIATION

Pronunciation:  `speeshee'eyshun

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  the evolution of a biological species
 

SPECIATION is a 10 letter word that starts with S.

 

 See Also: evolution, phylogenesis, phylogeny

 

 

Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: The formation of two or more new species from a single old species.
 
Glossary
 
 Definition: the evolutionary process that is said to occur when two previous subspecies (of the same species) are no longer capable of successful interbreeding; they are then two different species.
 

 

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